Legal Recruitment Agencies Directory

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Ortus Group, founded in 2004, is a Legal-focused recruitment specialist that hires candidates to fulfill a plethora of assignments. They also extend their specialism in dealing with the Accountancy and Finance market nationwide. With teams based in Birmingham and London, the agency also offers executive search and mergers & acquisition services to a broad range of employers, such as professional services companies.

Austen Lloyd caters to Legal clients nationwide, including major national firms and smaller high street law firms. They place professionals into Lawyer roles at all levels, from newly qualified to partners, in private practice and in-house, with specialists throughout London, the South East, South West, Wales, East and West Midlands, the North East and North West.

TSR Legal has been exclusively handling Legal recruitment since 2004. With a head office in Cardiff and consultants in Bristol, London and Manchester, their reach spans nationwide as they recruit for permanent, temporary and locum titles. Some vacancies they may have include Commercial Property Solicitor, Legal Executive and Conveyancing Director. They were also recognised during the South Wales Law Awards and Devon & Somerset Law Society Legal Awards.

Sonder specialises in Legal recruitment worldwide, operating with four sites in the City of London, the US and Australia. With a focus on permanent, temporary and contract Private Practice recruitment, their strategies include contingent search and advertised selection. They also hire for senior titles like Legal Director and Deputy General Counsel, in which they perform retained search, executive search and talent mapping. They were launched in 2016.

Laurence Simmons delivers bespoke Legal recruitment solutions worldwide with offices in the City of London and five more across Europe, Asia and South America. Taking pride in having a wealth of experience since their establishment in 1988, they are able to serve corporations like Airbus, Ericsson and Novartis using strategies which involve psychometric testing. They are also members of the Association of Executive Search and Leadership Consultants.

Caulfield Search, based in Woking, specialises in Legal recruitment. They satisfy appointments of all levels and perform services like retained search, contingent recruitment and team movement support for businesses in Energy, Finance, Real Estate and more. Their successes include placing Senior Lawyers and high-volume professionals. Following their founder's 7 years of experience as a City Lawyer, they opened their doors in 2003.

Legals 4 Lawyers is a recruitment consultancy that places Lawyers, Solicitors, Legal Executives, Paralegals, Legal Secretaries, Personal Assistants, Support Staff, and other Legal professionals. Headquartered in Hertfordshire, they mainly work with law firms throughout London, Hertfordshire, and the Home Counties. They were once a Hertfordshire Business Awards finalist.

Whitworth Brough specialises in Executive Legal recruitment with the help of their office in the City of London. Their track record extends globally, filling vacancies in Europe, US, Asia and Australia-based law firms, investment banks, private equity houses and more. Besides working across Corporate, Finance and Capital Markets, they also do consultancy and coaching. They opened their doors in 2017 and have over 60 years of combined experience.

Leffler Search has been delivering Legal recruitment solutions since 2021. Their speciality is in supplying Attorneys of all levels - from first-year Associates to experienced Partners and more. While they are situated in the City of London, their reach spans the UK, US and beyond, and also help those seeking to work abroad. Currently, their focus area is on Investment Management with an aim to expand their expertise.

Audit and Risk Recruitment is continually on the lookout for Audit, Risk and Compliance personnel from Newly Qualified up to Tenured levels, performing executive search, contingent solutions and interim & contract recruitment. With over 20 years of knowledge among their leaders and experience since 2014, they have built a client portfolio that includes international FTSE 100, Euro 250 and Fortune 500 corporations based in Europe, Asia and the US.

An international talent firm, KC Partners delivers Legal professionals to a broad range of contract/interim and permanent vacancies at all levels. Since 2016, its expertise has been extending across law firms and aids them in hiring Legal Associates, Legal Counsels, Legal Directors, and Senior Associates. The agency also provides advertising & social media campaigns, and consultancy solutions, to various employers from its London office.

Euritas Search's specialism is in fulfilling the Legal and Commercial Contract Management recruitment needs of Technology houses. They do this by performing Headhunting and Networking, as well as gathering referrals across the whole of Europe. For Commercial Contract Management, they find those who have pre-signature and post-signature expertise. For Legal, they cover Mergers & Acquisitions, Intellectual Property, Corporate Governance and more.

Page Temple & Payne Ltd is a Legal recruitment agency that recruits professional candidates for permanent or locum positions in private practice, in-house and public sector roles across London and the South East. Founded in 1994, the agency also offers firm acquisition and targeted recruitment advertising services. They utilise a manual candidate selection process to recruit for positions such as Paralegal, Family Law Solicitor, and more.

PER-People hires professionals for the Venture Capital & Private Equity industry. With offices worldwide, they have openings internationally for junior and senior positions. Founded in 1998, they have helped companies with varying types of investments, like real estate and fund investment, for multi-level roles from entry-level analysts to investment directors to CFOs.

RE Legal provides staffing services in the Legal industry. Founded in 2006, they assist clients and candidates across Manchester by recruiting for a range of Legal roles on a temporary and permanent basis.

gmk Legal typically recruits permanent, full-time, part-time, and contract professionals in the following Legal divisions across the UK and internationally: In-House, Private Practice, and US Firm. They deliver KP/PSLs, In-House Counsel, Risk, Associate, and Partner Lawyers to various sectors, including Financial Services, Insurance, Media, Real Estate, and Trade.

With a collective experience of over 50 years, RBUK Legal is an independent Legal recruitment agency established in 2004. The agency recruits for the Legal profession nationwide, across London and the South East, West & East Midlands, South West, Yorkshire, and the North West. Their offices are in Manchester and they cover all areas of Legal work including Legal Finance, Legal Support, and Paralegal.

Apex Professional Search, which has experience of over 20 years, exclusively aids UK Law Firms in their recruitment needs. Their accomplishments include partnering with hundreds of institutions, like Clarke Willmott LLP, Howard Kennedy LLP, IBB Law and Penningtons Manches Cooper, to which they offer services such as executive search, mergers & acquisitions, office launches and succession planning. They have locations in Finsbury and Birmingham.

Realm Recruit is a Legal recruitment consultancy agency based in Altrincham founded in 2015. The company specialities include Legal recruitment, search & selection, private client recruitment, family law recruitment, personal injury recruitment, commercial insurance recruitment, conveyancing recruitment, employer branding, commercial litigation recruitment, insolvency law recruitment, and more.

Brooke Thornham Consulting recruits Solicitors, ranging from Newly Qualified through to Partner level, across the North of England. Established in 2018, they also operate out of a Leeds office.

Bygott Biggs Legal Recruitment hires permanent and temporary candidates to fill private practice and in-house roles nationwide. With over 25 years of experience, they work across a wide range of disciplines. They provide Legal professionals to businesses in the Agricultural, Banking, Charity, Healthcare, Corporate, Real Estate, IT, Consumer Credit, Education, Compliance, Data Protection, Financial Services, Insurance, and Immigration divisions.

Clayton Legal is a recruitment firm that provides staff to the Legal sector. They cover all areas of Private Client and Commercial Law, from Partner level, Associate, Solicitor and Unqualified fee earners, to Paralegal. They have been operating since 1999 and have permanent, temporary, locum and interim vacancies.

Dallas Consulting is a search agency founded in 2014 that provides business, commercial, contract and legal consulting services for companies within the Business and Legal sectors. The agency is the founder of the Good Small Business Awards and all of its consultants are licensed by the Bar Council (Bar Standards Board) to instruct barristers directly. They have knowledge for the implementation of Business Management Systems to BMS75000:2020.

Laurence Simons provides recruitment services to employers of Legal professionals. They have offices worldwide, including in London, Frankfurt, Paris, Amsterdam, and Dubai. The agency was founded in 1988 and is a member of AESC.

Executive Search Professional exclusively deals with Legal recruitment across the UK and Ireland. Through an office in Waltham Cross, they support prospective employees and employers alike, from boutique office practices to top law firms. Areas they handle include Banking & Finance, Clinical Negligence, Corporate & Commercial, Construction, Conveyancing, Criminal Law, Employment Law, Environmental Law, Family Law, Human Rights and Immigration.

Henderson Hall specialises in the placement of professional Legal talent across the EMEA region to sectors such as Energy, Finance, Life Sciences, IT, Insurance, FMCG, Engineering, Manufacturing, Defence and Media. Established in 1999, they recruit Lawyers for in-house legal teams at all levels, from Legal Counsel to Legal Directors and General Counsels.

Origin Legal specialises in Legal recruitment, with core functions in Private Practice, Paralegal, Legal Support Services and In House. Based in Colchester, they place Solicitors, Lawyers, Legal Executives and Paralegals to assignments in the UK and overseas (mainly in the Middle East and Asia). They were launched in 1996 and have since amassed a client portfolio that includes Stevens & Bolton LLP, Burges Salmon and Thomson Snell & Passmore.

Evolution Law sources permanent and temporary Paralegals and Lawyers for Law Firms, Banks and other ventures globally. In addition to this, they have access to Translators who cover over 30 languages and entry-level Administration Staff. They also perform team recruitment. Located in Bloomsbury, they were formed by a Lawyer who has almost 20 years of relevant experience.

Interlink Recruitment is an independent Legal agency. With offices in Manchester, London, Dublin and Berlin they have a team of recruiters who offer support to candidates and employers.

Legal Works Recruitment is an independent specialist consultancy that supplies executive recruitment solutions to the Legal sector, nationally and internationally. The agency covers London, the Home Counties, Thames Valley, other UK regions, mainland Europe & the Middle East including the United Arab Emirates and Dubai. The roles they recruit for include Solicitor, Lawyer, In-House Legal Advisor, and Professional Support Lawyer.

Jameson Legal is an international Legal recruitment & search specialist that supplies Paralegals, Compliance Professionals, and Lawyers - from NQ to equity partner level. They have an interim division, Jameson Contract Solutions (JCS), and they have partnered with App4Legal. The firm uses video technology for candidate onboarding and they have previously recruited Competition Associates, Legal Counsels, Funds Lawyers, and more.

Jones Kemp is a niche Legal recruitment company located in the City of London and launched in 1987. While they specialise in hiring qualified and multilingual Lawyers, they also place Business Managers, Paralegals, Compliance Analysts and more. Their reach extends internationally to Europe, Australia and beyond. Accessible 24/7, they are able to supply permanent, temporary and fixed-term professionals to clients like KPMG.

Chadwick Nott is a boutique manpower provider in the Legal sector. They work from their London, Bristol, Manchester, Reading and Birmingham offices, but also cover other parts of the world including Europe, Australia, and Asia. They offer salary surveys, market reports, and strong candidate vetting processes to their clients. The firm recruits for Banking Solicitors, Commercial Property Paralegal, Employment Rights Solicitor, and more.

PengellyO'Neill is a specialist search consultancy that provides staffing solutions to the Legal sector. Established in 2001 by founders Dominique W Pengelly and Dianah O'Neill, the agency specialises in the placement of mergers, takeovers and lateral hires for their clients. They also provide advice on the best opportunities available across the whole private practice and in-house market and maintain confidentiality for their candidates.

Hitchen Legal is a boutique agency that supplies the Legal sector with search and contingency staffing solutions. The agency was founded in 2013 by Kate Hitchen and their areas of expertise include Telecommunications, Media, Insurance, Gaming and Gambling.

Ardent Recruitment provides Legal recruitment solutions for clients in London and beyond. They specialise in finding the best professionals for Partner & Associate roles in City law firms, UK National & Regional law firms, US law firms, and Mid-City & West End law firms. Their team of consultants are trained and experienced in headhunting.

Chadwick Nott specialises in the provision of roles within the Legal industry. They deal with law firms, companies and public organisations across the UK and internationally from their offices in Bristol, Birmingham, Manchester, London and Reading. Examples of assignments they handle are Legal Executive, Family Solicitor and Healthcare Paralegal.

Identifi Global Resources focuses on bringing recruitment solutions to the Cyber Security and IT industries nationwide and abroad. They have also been covering Business Change & Transformation, Cleantech & Biotech, FinTech, Government & Defence, Legal Tech, Mobility, and Software Development divisions since its incorporation in 2015. The agency places professionals in contract, interim, and permanent positions, from its Milton Keynes office.

IWM Recruitment Limited is a Legal recruitment firm headquartered in the county of Devon. They identify, connect, and place people in a variety of permanent roles within law firms. The company is a corporate member of the REC.

Arbuthnot Yon is a boutique consultancy focused on delivering Legal, Compliance, and Company Secretarial professionals to start-ups and multinational corporations across the UK. They source candidates via headhunting, database search, advertising, and referrals.

MPL Search predominantly delivers talent acquisition solutions to an extensive client list in the Legal industry. Working from their London office, the agency mainly provides opportunities to graduate candidates, such as Associates, General Counsel, and Paralegal.

A global recruiting business, Danos Consulting provides professionals to employers within the Financial Services, Legal Private Practice, Commercial & Industrial, Risk & Analytics, and Public Sector. They offer full-service recruitment solutions such as interim staffing, retained search, contingency recruitment, and consultancy services. The firm has worked with companies like HSBC, Deutsche Bank, CIBC, Goldman Sachs, Standard Chartered, and BlackRock.

Fort Recruitment supplies staff and personnel to various industry sectors including Maritime, Oil & Gas, Construction & Engineering, and Commercial. They fill a variety of job roles like Structural Engineer, Accountant, Project Planner, Marine Consultant, and many more. The company is located in Liverpool.

Major, Lindsey & Africa is a Legal search firm that offers various solutions to their clients and candidates, such as associate recruiting, partner recruiting, and in-house counsel recruiting. They handle roles such as Paralegal, Contract Attorney, Patent Agent, Compliance Associate, and so on. With offices across the EMEA, USA, and Asia Pacific, they have worked with AmLaw 100 and Magic Circle law firms, Fortune 1000, and FTSE 250 companies.

Established in 1993, Bewley Recruitment works alongside clients in the Financial and Legal sectors. Bewley Recruitment hires professionals nationwide from their offices based in London.

Anthony Knight Recruitment works on permanent and contract recruitment positions across Legal and Accountancy. For Legal, positions they support range from Secretaries up to Paralegals and Partners. For Accountancy, they manage both qualified and non-qualified requirements. They have been working from Dunstable since 2020, leveraging their experience of over 10 years.

Laura Hartley Recruitment is an independent specialist consultancy that supplies professional talent to the Public, Private, and Third-Party sectors across the UK and worldwide. They have 45 years of combined recruitment and employee retention experience and they provide temporary and permanent staffing solutions. They have previously recruited for Transport Planner, Business Development Manager, Senior Account Manager, and Marketing Executive, to name a few.

A multi-sector talent specialist, Office Connect Recruitment Services, recruits for Administration, Customer Service, Finance, Legal, Marketing, and Sales opportunities across the UK. They place candidates in a wide variety of roles at all levels, such as Administrators, Data Entry Clerks, Marketing Executives, Paralegals, Receptionists, and Sales Support.

Barclay Simpson is an international recruitment agency that places talents in Governance roles across the UK, Europe, North America and the MENA region. They were established in 1989 and have teams based in New York and London. Barclay Simpson specialises staff to various sectors within the Government sector, including Internal and IT Audit, Compliance, Secretarial, Resilience, Legal, and Treasury.

Capio Recruitment supports companies as well as job seekers across Legal, Finance and Insurance. They have been placing applicants for permanent, temporary, contract and interim appointments, such as Property Lawyer, Wealth Management Administrator, Underwriter and more, since 2019. Their headquarters is in Bristol.

Aspire Search Consultants is a trusted recruitment provider of staffing solutions to a broad range of clients across the UK. These include Accountancy & Finance, Legal, and Wealth Management markets. From its office based in Edinburgh, the company selects professionals for a plethora of assignments. Aspire Search also covers the Baking and Mergers & Acquisitions divisions and offers Search & Selection services.

IDEX Consulting is an independently owned recruitment agency that aids in filling permanent and contract vacancies. They cover the Financial Services, General Insurance, and Legal sectors across the UK, US, Europe, and the Middle East. IDEX Consulting also offers retained solutions, business growth programs, mergers and acquisitions, and transformation and change services to a wide range of clients.

IGA Talent Solutions primarily delivers candidates to various contract and interim vacancies in the Financial Services and Professional Services sectors. With international coverage, they also work with the Actuarial Services, Change & Transformation, Financial Crime, Investments & Pensions, Legal & Transformation, Risk & Compliance, and Technology divisions. They are members of the Association of Professional Staffing Companies.

James Alexander Search sources Legal, Regulatory, Economics, Advisory and Public Policy professionals for multiple sectors. They mainly work with blue-chip corporations for all types of assignments up to director level. They were launched in 2001 and have since recruited candidates such as Competition Economists, Financial Regulation Associates, and Lawyers. Their headquarters can be found in Teddington.

JAM Recruitment fulfils contract and permanent recruitment requirements from employers across the globe. They seek talented Engineering, Technology, IT, Legal, Procurement & Supply Chain, Global Mobility, and Professional Services personnel from their headquarters in Manchester. Some clients they have successfully recruited for are Amazon, Bae Systems, Elbit Systems, and Triumph Motorcycles.

SJC is an expert in Commerce & Industry, Accountancy Practice, and Legal recruitment. With offices in London and Manchester, they cater to organisations of all sizes across the North West. Their recruitment remit covers the fulfilment of non-qualified and qualified, through to senior and executive placements, whether on a retained or contingent basis. Their assignments are done by consultants that are experienced in their chosen fields.

Intro Legal specialises in satisfying clients across the UK and the USA by sourcing Legal professionals for in-house and private practice requirements. From its London office, they fulfil a wide variety of roles at all levels. They also extend their services to the functions of Business Support, Finance & Accounting, IT, HR, Risk & Compliance, and Mergers & Acquisitions.

A London-based talent expert, Halliford Partners specialises in providing multi-sector solutions to an extensive client portfolio nationwide. Leveraging over 30 years of combined experience, they work closely with the Energy & Power, Financial Services, Not-for-Profit, Pharmaceuticals, and Professional Services industries. The agency primarily attracts candidates for various Compliance, Governance, Regulatory, and Senior Legal vacancies at all levels.

Morgan Law supplies permanent, temporary, and contract talent to a diverse range of sectors. An accredited member of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation, they cater to various industries such as Finance, Health Management, HR, IT, Marketing, Procurement & Estates, Programme & Operations Management, and Secretarial & Business Support. Founded in 2000, Morgan Law was named in the Recruiter Magazine Fast 50 for 2018.

Simpson Judge places talented professionals across the Finance, IT, Legal, and Executive Support sectors. They work with start-ups and SMEs through to blue chip organisations and multinationals. Their national coverage lets them match the right candidates with roles from Board Level through to Senior and Middle Management and Support functions. Simpson Judge was established in 2013 and has offices in Preston, Manchester, and London.

Founded in 2009, Nu-Recruit is a permanent and temporary recruitment agency with offices in Chester, the Wirral & Liverpool. The agency specialises in recruiting staff for all levels of Office Support, Marketing, Legal Administration, Customer Services, Digital, HR, Accounts, Accountants and Motorcycle Dealership. In 2013, the company owner and director won Chester Businesswoman of the Year.

Pure is a search and recruitment company that attracts and matches talent to clients within the Financial Services, Professional Services, and Commerce & Industry markets. Although their head office is in London, they also operate in Hong Kong, Singapore, New York, and Frankfurt. They also provide interim placements, research solutions, and consultancy services. Pure is a member of APSCo.

Hirecracker specialises in a variety of industries including Legal, Customer Service, Health & Safety, Hospitality, Logistics, Transport, Office & Admin, Print & Packaging, Retail, Sales, Sports, Tourism, and HR. Established in 2020, their client base has grown to include companies such as Sykes Cottages, Claims Consortium Group, Iceland Groceries, Wren Kitchens, and DX Delivery. They have offices across Chester, London, Cardiff, and Edinburgh.

Chime Search completes mandates in numerous verticals, which include Finance, Education, Law, Media, Technology, HR, Procurement, Property and Change Management. Led by their founder, who has 14 years of experience in recruitment and a background in Education and Music, they started in 2021 and have successfully placed Procurement Associates, Part Qualified Transactional Finance Associates, Education Consultants and more. Their site is in Bristol.

Executive Search RECruitment are talent experts that offer specialised staffing support to the Legal industry. These include the areas of Banking & Finance, Criminal Law, Family Law, Human Rights, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Maritime, Media & Entertainment, and Real Estate. Serving employers nationwide and overseas, they source staff for interim and permanent roles such as Paralegals, Secretaries, and Technology Analysts.

Headway Recruitment offers staffing solutions to a diverse range of sectors like Accounting & Finance, Sales & Customer Service, Human Resources, and Technical & Engineering. Having 40 years of experience, Headway Recruitment recruits across the UK focusing on regions near their 2 branches which are located in Leeds and Bradford. They are also REC and Disability Confident accredited.

Melton Legal is a trusted recruitment solutions provider that predominantly conducts executive search services to an extensive client portfolio in the Legal sector. Operating across the UK and overseas, they have been covering various industries. These include Banking & Finance, Corporate & M&A, Private Equity, and Real Estate. The London-based entity hires on a permanent basis for Litigation Partners and Structured Finance Team positions.